While building a VMware View environment one of the design requirements is keeping vCenter and View Composer always available.
Which solution can be utilized to achieve this?
A.
vCenter Server Heartbeat
B.
vSphere HA
C.
vSphere FT
D.
Host Based Replication
How Does vCenter Server
Heartbeat Work?
Replication
vCenter Server Heartbeat continuously replicates information from
vCenter Server to a passive standby server for rapid recovery. Data
locations, registry entries, license data and databases are all cloned
automatically. vCenter Server Heartbeat uses a hidden network
channel to maintain connectivity and replicate to a passive secondary
server, making sure only the primary server is visible to users.
Monitoring
vCenter Server Heartbeat uses predictive technology to continually
monitor the health of vCenter Server, its database and other
components or plug-ins, including, VMware View Composer.
The software monitors components such as VMware License
Server, the vpxd service, VMware vCenter Update Manager, and
other critical parts of the management platform. Monitoring can
also easily be extended to any plug-ins for vCenter Server.
Automated Recovery
When there is an availability threat, or simply a planned maintenance
window, administrators can switchover the vCenter Server and all
of its components from the primary server to a secondary server
at the click of a button. The entire failover and failback process
can also be easily automated based on pre-defined criteria.
but how the composer server itself be protected?
FT not valid?
Why not FT?
vCenter requires two cores. FT only works with one.
Seems like vSphere FT would be the right answer. Isn’t vCenter Server Heartbeat a part of the FT solution? It says SOLUTION, not COMPONENT.
I Think composer server can’t running well on 1 vCPU
So, FT does not make scene.